NEW RULES, NEW ROAD STREET OUTLAWS: FASTEST IN AMERICA
September 22, 2020
Twelve of the fastest racing teams in America descend upon a secret concrete road in Wyoming, 5,118 feet above sea level for their chance to fight for the prestigious title of the Fastest Street Racer in America. With $300,000 on the line and 12 teams fighting to win, drivers will do anything to be the last team standing and have the opportunity to race the defending champions, JJ da Boss and his MSO TEAM.
And this season, JJ is throwing out the rulebook! While “Chase is the Race” remains, this time there’s no penalty for crossing the center line, and if a winner can’t be determined within five seconds after reviewing the finish, there will be an automatic re-run.
Of the 12 teams this season, four of them are new to the competition. In the first “wildcard” round of racing, the four new teams will race against the four teams from last season who lost in the first round. The winners of the first round will then move on to race against the four teams from last year who won their brackets. Teams are eliminated until only one is left, and this last team will duke it out with the MSO for the championship.
High intensity, insane pressure, and extreme emotions rule in this ultimate Street Outlaws showdown, and only the best street racing team will make it to the finish line.
STREET OUTLAWS: FASTEST IN AMERICA premieres Monday, October 19 at 8pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel. The series is produced by Pilgrim Media Group, a Lionsgate company. Viewers can catch a special sneak preview of the upcoming season during the finale of STREET OUTLAWS MEMPHIS on Monday, September 19 at 8pm ET/PT.
In addition to watching STREET OUTLAWS: FASTEST IN AMERICA on Discovery, viewers can join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #StreetOutlaws and following STREET OUTLAWS on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Hailing from every corner of the U.S., including teams Nola, Texas, and Detroit, this season’s lineup has veteran track racers like Axman from Virginia, as well as newcomers from Wyoming, Utah and Kentucky, who are looking to prove their worth and speed. It’s a level playing field on this cement stretch of road where no one has ever raced before. And just like last season, the mental game will be just as important as the race on the road. Grudges from last year, including a fight between Brent Self and Kye Kelly from Team Nola, which led Brent to go out on his own with a new team Black Sheep Mafia (BSM), will be finally settled on the streets.
This season of STREET OUTLAWS: FASTEST IN AMERICA was one of the first productions to go get back up and running after COVID-19 closed much of the country. Twelve teams of approximately 600 people and seventy-five production staff descended upon a desolate area in Wyoming to accomplish a daunting feat. With COVID-testing daily, the production formed a bubble and there was not one case reported during production.
STREET OUTLAWS: FASTEST IN AMERICA is produced for Discovery Channel by Pilgrim Media Group, with Craig Piligian and Sam Korkis serving as executive producers. For Discovery, Todd Lefkowitz and Gretchen Morning are executive producers, and Olivia Ghersen is associate producer.
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Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps and Discovery Kids Play; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Eurosport Player and Motor Trend OnDemand; digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media and a strategic alliance with the PGA Tour to create the Global Home of Golf. Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Turbo/Velocity, Animal Planet, and Science Channel, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please visit www.corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.
About Pilgrim Media Group
Pilgrim Media Group, a Lionsgate company headed by Emmy®-winning producer Craig Piligian, produces a diverse slate of unscripted and scripted programming across all platforms. The company is behind hit series and projects like “American Chopper,” “Fast N’ Loud,” “Misfit Garage,” “Garage Rehab,” “Shifting Gears,” the “Street Outlaws” and “Wicked Tuna” franchises, “Battlefish,” “My Big Fat Fabulous Life,” “Bring It!,” “Ghost Hunters” and “The Ultimate Fighter.” Among Pilgrim’s feature documentaries are the award-winning films Soufra and Tre Maison Dasan, now streaming on Hulu and PBS.org respectively, as well as The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story for YouTube Premium. Global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) is a majority investor in Pilgrim.
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